A study on the attitude of tribal towards women'S higher education

In the present world no doubt, women play a vital role in contributing to the country's development. They are the shining beacons of hope and have displayed exemplary dedication in their respective fields. But still the there are unidentified people in the tribal area who have to be more educated as higher education is the main determinant of their development. For this, it should be investigated whether they have the attitude towards women getting higher education. Hence this study was undertaken with a sample of 150 from 3 tribal groups namely Badugas, Todas and Kotas each having 50, living in Nilgiris by adopting Random sampling method. A tool used was an Attitude scale designed by K. Rani (2013) consisting of 40 items. The result of the study showed that all the tribal people have proper attitude towards women's higher education in terms of the variable namely monthly income and the married people obtained more attitude scores than the unmarried people. In view of the great zeal shown by girls for higher education and as the time passed, the old conservative traditions were relaxed and the girls were encouraged to get education which they desire. So it would be no exaggeration to say that education has received far greater attention in the post-independence period than it did at any time in the past. Hence the hypothesis stated “there is no significant difference between the married and unmarried tribal people with regard to their attitude towards women's higher Education” is accepted in the case of Badugas and Thodas and rejected in the case of Kota tribe.